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Intuit Cuts Forecast on Small Business Sales
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU), maker of TurboTax tax preparation software, posted a quarterly loss and lowered its full-year outlook, saying its customers were facing a challenging economic environment. The company cut its fiscal 2009 forecasts for sales of QuickBooks accounting software and for revenue from payroll and bill payment processing…
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Is Unified Communications Still a Hot Channel Product?
The reports are everywhere that small and midsize businesses are cutting back on IT purchases due to the impact of the financial crisis and continuing global economic downturn. Many industry watchers have said unified communications will be a hot technological area for SMBs going forward—with products from names like Cisco Systems and Microsoft. For NEC…
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Software that Saves Cash
The economy is big news these days, with companies downsizing, slashing budgets and looking for any way possible to cut costs, improve efficiency and maybe even turn a profit. While the situation is certainly tough, it’s far from dire. Solution providers can make inroads with both new and existing customers by helping cut costs from…
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Parrish: NetApp Committed to the Channel
Refuting persistent rumors and speculation that NetApp will shake off its solution providers in favor of a direct sales model, newly installed global channel chief Julie Parrish says the storage vendor is committed to growing its channel and working with solution providers to battle competitors head on. “I don’t think [NetApp] would have hired senior…
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VC Doerr Offers Downturn Survival Tips for Start-ups
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – What doesn’t kill you makes you smarter. That was the message from well-known venture capitalist John Doerr, who offered start-up companies tips on surviving the gloomy economy. Speaking at the annual Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday Doerr gave survival tips to entrepreneurs who may be worried…
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BMC Chief: Time to Redesign, Automate IT
Financial markets continue to slide, forcing enterprises and small businesses alike to cut spending and lay off even mission-critical employees. Although unfortunate, this is looking like a good trend for vendors and resellers specializing in business service management and automation tools. BMC Software, a leader in BSM software and methodologies, reported Oct. 30 that its…
